Water Resources of Pakistan and IBIS

1. Presentation Topic:
o Water Resources
o Indus Basin Irrigation System

2. Water Distribution
Agriculture
Industrial
Domestic
Agriculture
69%
23%
8%
The main sources of water are
o Rainwater.
o Groundwater
o Surface water
Water Resources

3. Rainfall
o Annual Rainfall
o (25mm in Southern East to 750mm in
North West)
o Total Annual Rainfall is 32BCM
o Contribution to crops is 10-20%

4. Ground water
Water present beneath earth surface, in soil and rock particles.
o Exploitation of Ground Water is 59
BCM
o 40% of total supply is at farm gate.
o Over 900000 Private tube well.

5. Ground water
Seasonal
Fluctuation
1-Rainy Season
2-Hot Summer
People obtain
ground water
from
1-Tube well
2- karez

6. Structure Of Karez

7. Ground water
Monsoon
High
Rainfall Flood
Melting OF
Glaciers
Summer

8. Surface Water
Anybody of water above ground including
o Streams
o Rivers
o Oceans

9. Indus Basin Irrigation System

10. Area Distribution
Pakistan
India
China
Afghanistan
Total Area= 1138800sq.km
Indus Basin Irrigation System
It is most complex and extensive irrigation system in the world

11. Pakistan 597700
sq.km
India 381600
sq.km
China 76200
sq.km
Afghanistan 72100
sq.km
Pakistan 52.48%
India 33%
China 6.69%
Afghanistan 6.33%
Area Distribution

12. River System
The River along with its tributaries is called river system.
o Rises In Tibet, Near Lake Mansarovar.
o Total Length is 2900km.
o Himalayan River
o Majority Part Flows In Pakistan.
Enter India From Ladak Enter Pakistan from Gilgit Baltistan

13. Origin And Tributaries

14. Indus Water Treaty
1960
Pakistan India
Western River Eastern Rivers
Jhelum, Chenab, Indus Ravi, Sutlej, Beas

15. .
List Of Dams In Pakistan
Tarbela Dam
Mangla Dam.
Mirani Dam
Warsak Dam
Hub Dam
Namal Dam
Rawal Dam
Gomal Zam Dam

16. Tarbela Dam
o Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth and rock filled
Dam.
o It was completed in 1976.
o Biggest Dam after syncrude tailong damn (Canada)
o Total Capacity is 13.69 cubic kilometer

17. Mangla Dam
o 6th largest Dam in the world
o Second largest dam of Pakistan
o Constructed between 1961- 1967.
o Total capacity is 9.12 km3 (7,390,000 acre⋅ft)
o Cost = 1.473Billion

18. Barrages
o A barrage is a type of low head, diversion dam which consists
of a number of large gates that can be opened or closed to
control the amount of water passing through.
o This allows the structure to regulate and stabilize river water
elevation upstream for use in irrigation and other systems.

19. Barrages
o Guddu Barrage
o Sukkur Barrage
o Trimmu Barrage
o Kotri Barrage
o Gaddu Barrage
o Taunsa Barrage
o Chashma Barrage
o Rasul Barrage
o Jinnah Barrage
o Islam Barrage
o Ghulam Muhammad barrage

20. Thank You!